The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop roller paint job??????

A while back some body posted a link to a site that had some paint jobs that were rolled and wet sanded . can some body with a better search-fu help me out with a link ?
thanks
tom

This guy has a pretty good site that condenses all of the discussion into one how-to. He has a materials page, techniques page, gallery, and some links that you can go to for more information.

I used this technique on a bumper and am quite pleased with the results.

Good luck.

Bill

Here's this site http://www.rickwrench.com/

Scroll down a bit and click on where it says $50 paint job.

Looks interesting!

And this:

http://tinyurl.com/2z427o

thanks guys all those look good . the site i am looking for had some pics of an orangish GTO among others if i remember correctly
tom

I've got a 78 Mercedes 300d barn find that I'm restoring. I think I'll try the roller job on that. The car only cost me $250, so any professional paint job would cost more than what it's worth. If it really looks good then I might think about rolling my 66 c10. Those sites are really helpful. Thanks for linking them.

Well, you gotta love the sense of priorities here. Practice on the Benz so that you can get it right on the Chevy! That's a stovebolt devotee.

lol. That's right!

I painted the interior around the rear windows this way this summer and also did the dash just to see what its like. (I eventually put leather over entire the dash, (which is another story but so far exceeds everything I was hoping for)

This worked great, I am going to try the tailgate which has some rust and needs to be repainted anyhow and if it looks good after the winter, I may try to decide to do the whole thing. The key is patience and prep...

thanks joe that was the one
goood grief that thing looks like a "joker thread"
tom

I didn't roll mine on but I used the Rustolum bright white paint from Lowe's. it is similar to what the guy is talking about on the Mopar site linked to above.
I have a early 90's white GMC that is my daily driver and it has that white paint that flakes off. I cleaned and preped the surface and sprayed the rustoleum on my truck on my driveway.
It sure isn't perfect but it looks way way better then the flaking off paint that was on it before.
For a budget job I would do it again anyday!

The Car Craft (or was it Hot Rod?) paint and body special issue has a story on painting a car with a roller. It was on the newsstand last week (haven't been back to check). Looked good in the mag, it's a cover story. Looks like a lots of 'extra' work (money or time you know) but if you had time and no cash looks like a viable option (I would still want to spray it as I have a couple old beat up spray guns).

If you read the web page that is in the post you will know it started way before the magizine ever came out & I wouldn't be surprized if they stole the idea from that website...Joe

A guy I hung with back in college had a 53 Chevy that he painted with a whisk broom.

I also followed that thread and ended up rolling mine. It went from a 20 footer to a solid 1 footer....it is nowhere near a custom paint job but I am happy with the results and glad I did it. There are a few pictures of the fenders on my link below..I guess I should take a few more of the finished job...I will do that and post over the weekend.